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Vayakhel-Pekudei

Your Questions
Who Is Adina?

All we know about her is her name. And that’s all we need to know.
Jewish Responses to Epidemics Throughout History

Let’s take a look at epidemics throughout history to gain some insight into how Jews were affected and how leaders responded.
By the Numbers
10 Tips for Hosting a Comfortable Shabbat Dinner

You don’t have to be a Torah scholar or expert chef to host a Friday-night dinner or Saturday lunch.
Essay
On a Positive Note

Chapter 28 of Positivity Bias
Video
On the Battlefield

Ronnie Romberg and her husband, Dr. Henry Romberg, met at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio and were married in 1968. Having long dreamed of making Aliyah and moving to Israel, they had all their plans set. All until a Chabad friend of theirs convinced them to ask the Rebbe’s advice first. To make a long story short, they didn’t get the answer they were expecting.
The Dollars That Kept on Giving
After complications to have children, the Spalters received the Rebbe’s dollars and blessings in an indirect way, which continued to have a chain effect of blessing.
Parshah
Window or Mirror

The mirror does not completely obstruct the light, as do other objects. Instead, it reflects the light that shines upon it. It symbolizes how the creation itself can reflect and express the Divine light.
Your Help Needed!

Though most of the mitzvot were transmitted at Sinai, a select few were given beforehand. They were yet in Egypt when they received their first mitzvah: it’s time to establish a new calendar!
Vayakhel-Pekudei Parshah Quiz

Take this quiz to see how well you know the parshah of Vayakhel-Pekudei.
Story
Why the Czar Remembered

Silent looks were thrown around, frantically trying to pinpoint the one responsible.
Lifestyle
Panic Soup for Pandemic Times

And G-d said: I have forgiven, as you ask
— Numbers 14:20
Print Magazine

Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.

Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.

Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.

For she is Truth.

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